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Music Instruction in the High School 131
Course of Study in Piano
In the first year the student will be required to read at sight a
simple melody with accompaniment. The selections for sight
reading will increase in difficulty each year, but will always be on
a level approximately three years below the prepared selections.
First Year
1. Thorough knowledge of Major Scales
2 octaves — 2 sounds to a beat
3 octaves — 3 sounds to a beat
4 octaves — 4 sounds to a beat
M.M. 40 to 60
Tonic triad arpeggios — Major Keys — 4 octaves — 2 sounds to a beat.
M.M. 40 to 60. Each hand separately.
Cadence Chords, I V I ; I V7 I ; I IV I .
2. One selection from First Year Bach (Foote) or any piece by Bach of
equivalent grade, and one selection from any of the following volumes:
Czerny, Studies, Volume I, Part I (Germer); Gurlitt, Twenty-jour Melo-dious
Studies in all Major and Minor Keys; Burgmulleh, Studies, Opus
100, Book I; Heller, Studies, Opus 47; Bertini, Opus 100.
3. One program selection from the supplementary list. This selection is
to be memorized.
Second Year
1. All Scales, Arpeggios and Cadence Chords in the First Year work.
Harmonic Minor Scales — 2, 3, and 4 octaves — 2, 3, and 4 sounds
respectively to a beat. M.M. 40 to 60.
Tonic triad arpeggios — Minor Keys — 4 octaves — 2 sounds to a beat.
M.M. 40 to 60. Each hand separately.
Minor Cadence Chords, I V I ; I V7, I ; I IV I.
2. One selection from First Year Bach (Foote) or Bach, Twelve Little
Preludes, or any piece by Bach of equivalent grade, and one selection
from any of the following volumes: Duvernoy, Studies. Opus 120; Loesch-horn,
Studies, Opus 66, Book I; Czerny, Studies, Vol. I, Part I (Germer);
Burgmuller, Studies, Opus 100, Book LL; Burgmuller, Studies, Opus 109,
Book I; Bertini, Opus 29; Heller, Opus 46.
3. One program selection from the supplementary list. This selection is
to be memorized.
Third Year
1. Major and Minor Scales — all keys — 2, 3 and 4 octaves — 2, 3 and 4
sounds respectively to a beat. M.M. 60 to 84.
Tonic triad arpeggios -— all keys — 4 octaves — 4 sounds to a beat, M.M.
40-60, hands together; and diminished seventh arpeggios — 3
octaves — 3 sounds to a beat. M.M. 40 to 60. Hands together.
Major and Minor Cadence Chords, I IV I V I; I IV I V7 I.

Music Instruction in the High School 131
Course of Study in Piano
In the first year the student will be required to read at sight a
simple melody with accompaniment. The selections for sight
reading will increase in difficulty each year, but will always be on
a level approximately three years below the prepared selections.
First Year
1. Thorough knowledge of Major Scales
2 octaves — 2 sounds to a beat
3 octaves — 3 sounds to a beat
4 octaves — 4 sounds to a beat
M.M. 40 to 60
Tonic triad arpeggios — Major Keys — 4 octaves — 2 sounds to a beat.
M.M. 40 to 60. Each hand separately.
Cadence Chords, I V I ; I V7 I ; I IV I .
2. One selection from First Year Bach (Foote) or any piece by Bach of
equivalent grade, and one selection from any of the following volumes:
Czerny, Studies, Volume I, Part I (Germer); Gurlitt, Twenty-jour Melo-dious
Studies in all Major and Minor Keys; Burgmulleh, Studies, Opus
100, Book I; Heller, Studies, Opus 47; Bertini, Opus 100.
3. One program selection from the supplementary list. This selection is
to be memorized.
Second Year
1. All Scales, Arpeggios and Cadence Chords in the First Year work.
Harmonic Minor Scales — 2, 3, and 4 octaves — 2, 3, and 4 sounds
respectively to a beat. M.M. 40 to 60.
Tonic triad arpeggios — Minor Keys — 4 octaves — 2 sounds to a beat.
M.M. 40 to 60. Each hand separately.
Minor Cadence Chords, I V I ; I V7, I ; I IV I.
2. One selection from First Year Bach (Foote) or Bach, Twelve Little
Preludes, or any piece by Bach of equivalent grade, and one selection
from any of the following volumes: Duvernoy, Studies. Opus 120; Loesch-horn,
Studies, Opus 66, Book I; Czerny, Studies, Vol. I, Part I (Germer);
Burgmuller, Studies, Opus 100, Book LL; Burgmuller, Studies, Opus 109,
Book I; Bertini, Opus 29; Heller, Opus 46.
3. One program selection from the supplementary list. This selection is
to be memorized.
Third Year
1. Major and Minor Scales — all keys — 2, 3 and 4 octaves — 2, 3 and 4
sounds respectively to a beat. M.M. 60 to 84.
Tonic triad arpeggios -— all keys — 4 octaves — 4 sounds to a beat, M.M.
40-60, hands together; and diminished seventh arpeggios — 3
octaves — 3 sounds to a beat. M.M. 40 to 60. Hands together.
Major and Minor Cadence Chords, I IV I V I; I IV I V7 I.